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And he that invited thee and him, come and say to thee: Give this man place. And then thou begin with shame to take the lowest place.
10
But when thou art invited, go, sit down in the lowest place; that when he who invited thee cometh, he may say to thee: Friend, go up higher. Then shalt thou have glory before them that sit at table with thee.
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Because every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled: and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
12
And he said to him also that had invited him: When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends nor thy brethren nor thy kinsmen nor thy neighbours who are rich; lest perhaps they also invite thee again, and a recompense be made to thee.
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But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame and the blind.